What is the difference between puppy and adult dog food?
Sometimes there really is not any difference between puppy food and adult food. There are many foods available that are labeled “For all life stages.” The recognized life stages of dogs are: growth, gestation, lactation and maintenance. So, puppies fall into one group, pregnant bitches into a second group, nursing mothers into a third group and EVERYBODY else into the fourth and final group. Just because there are foods out there that can meet the needs of all life stages, feeding a puppy formula to a puppy and an adult formula to an adult and a senior formula to a senior, will offer nutritional benefits to your pet. Not to mention the fact that most bags do not have a feeding guide for puppies unless the food is specifically labeled as a puppy food, so you will have to either contact the company or do some guessing as to how much food to feed as your puppy grows and develops. Puppy formulas often contain DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid. DHA is an omega-3 fatty acid that comes from fish o
